SUSTAINABILITY, TECHNOLOGY AND CORPORATE INTEREST - RESOURCE STRATEGIES IN INDIA MODERN DAIRY SECTOR

This article reviews aspects of India's Operation Flood dairy programme which reflect the extension of the internal and external linkages of India's co-operative dairy sector. This discussion of the institutional linkages of Operation Flood leads to a broader debate about the dairy sector and development, particularly issues of corporatism, relative autonomy and dependence. Operation Flood institutions have embedded themselves securely within the political centre, enabling them to effectively intervene in policy-making for the overall dairy sector, despite the programme's own limited performance in milk production and procurement. Foreign aid has facilitated this positioning, resulting in a subtle interplay of dependence and autonomy between the donors, the Indian state, local actors and Operation Flood as an autonomous interest.